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SUGGESTIONS 

FOR 


SPECIAL  GIFTS 


AND 

LEGACIES 


THE  HAMPTON  NORMAL  AND 
AGRICULTURAL  INSTITUTE 
HAMPTON,  VIRGINIA 


THE  HAMPTON  NORMAL  AND 
AGRICULTURAL  INSTITUTE 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

WILLIAM  HOWARD  TAFT,  President 
FRANCIS  G.  PEABODY,  Vice  President 
CLARENCE  H.  KELSEY.  Vice  President 
GEORGE  FOSTER  PEABODY 
CHARLES  E.  BIGELOW 
ARTHUR  CURTISS  JAMES 
WILLIAM  JAY  SCHIEFFELIN 
WILLIAM  W.  FRAZIER 
FRANK  W.  DARLING 
SAMUEL  C.  MITCHELL 
W.  CAMERON  FORBES 
ALEXANDER  B.  TROWBRIDGE 
CHESTER  B.  EMERSON 
JAMES  E.  GREGG 
ROBERT  R.  MOTON 
HENRY  WILDER  FOOTE 


INVESTMENT  COMMITTEE 

WILLIAM  HOWARD  TAFT  > 
New  Haven,  Conn.  ( 

or  , 

CLARENCE  H.  KELSEY  V 

Title  Guarantee  & Trust  Co.,  N.  Y.  ' 


Chairman 


GEORGE  FOSTER  PEABODY 

Spencer  Trask  & Co.,  New  York, 
Secretary  & Treasurer 


ARTHUR  CURTISS  JAMES 

Phelps,  Dodge  & Co.,  New  York 
CHARLES  E.  BIGELOW 

Bay  State  Shoe  and  Leather  Co.,  New  York 
WM.  JAY  SCHIEFFELIN 

Schieffelin  & Co..  New  York 
FRANK  K.  ROGERS 

Hampton  Institute,  Va. 


JAMES  E.  GREGG,  Principal 

FRANK  K.  ROGERS.  Treasurer 

WILLIAM  H.  SCOVILLE.  Secretary 


The  Work  of  Hampton 

TTAMPTON  INSTITUTE,  situated 
in  Virginia  two  miles  from 
Fort  Monroe,  was  founded  by  General 
Samuel  Chapman  Armstrong  in  1868 
for  the  practical  education  of  Negro, 
and  later  of  Indian  youth.  It  began 
with  two  teachers  and  fifteen  stu- 
dents in  a plantation  house  and  army 
barracks  at  Hampton. 

From  this  humble  beginning,  Hamp- 
ton Institute  has  gradually  developed 
into  an  industrial  village  with  about 
1800  students  (900  boarders,  500  in  the 
Whittier  Training  School  and  400  in 
the  Summer  School),  over  200  teach- 
ers and  other  workers.  142  buildings, 
and  1000  acres  of  land. 

It  trains  the  hand,  as  well  as  the 
head  and  heart,  to  fit  these  young 


people  for  intelligent,  industrious, 
Christian  citizenship. 

It  has  an  Academic-Normal  Depart- 
ment for  the  training  of  teachers,  a 
Trade  School,  teaching  13  trades,  an 
Agricultural  School,  and  a Domestic 
Science  School. 

Its  students  go  out  as  teachers, 
farmers,  skilled  mechanics,  home- 
makers, and  leaders  in  their  com- 
munities. Many  of  its  graduates  have 
been  tremendous  forces  in  the  strug- 
gle to  advance  their  people.  The 
founder  of  Tuskegee,  Dr.  Booker  T. 
Washington,  and  his  successor,  Dr. 
Robert  R.  Moton,  received  their  train- 
ing at  Hampton. 

It  was  greatly  to  the  advantage  of 
Hampton,  that  for  nearly  fifty  years 
the  school  had  but  two  principals— 
General  Samuel  C.  Armstrong,  the 
Founder,  and  Dr.  Hollis  B.  Frissell, 


for  fourteen  years  Chaplain  of  Hamp- 
ton, when  he  succeeded  General  Arm- 
strong as  Principal,  at  his  death  in 
1893.  Under  their  inspiring  leader- 
ship, Hampton  has  sent  10,000  young 
men  and  women  back  to  their  com- 
munities, equipped,  in  addition  to  an 
academic  education,  with  industrial 
and  agricultural  training,  and  imbued 
with  an  earnest  desire  to  be  of  service 
to  their  race. 

Rev.  James  E.  Gregg,  D.  D.,  of 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  succeeded  Dr.  Fris- 
sell,  who  died  August  5,  1917. 

Mr.  Taft  has  said,  “Hampton  is 
the  solution  of  the  Negro  problem.” 

It  is  solving  it  by  the  increasing 
number  of  industrial  and  agricultural 
schools  which  are  being  established 
through  its  efforts  and  influence,  by 
the  introduction  of  modern  methods  of 
farming  among  the  Negroes  through 


its  extension  work,  by  the  stimulation 
of  race  pride,  and  by  the  type  of  edu- 
cation which  trains  its  students  to 
become  intelligent,  industrious,  Chris- 
tian citizens. 

It  is  neither  a Government  nor  a 
denominational  school.  It  must  de- 
pend largely  upon  voluntary  contribu- 
tions for  its  support.  Every  student 
is  responsible  for  the  expense  of 
books,  clothes,  and  board.  He  can 
partly  meet  this  expense  by  work  at 
the  school.  The  tuition  of  the  stu- 
dents is  provided  by  scholarships 
given  by  friends  of  Hampton. 

To  meet  all  the  expenses  of  the 
school,  it  is  necessary  to  raise  each 
year  $135,000  from  voluntary  contri- 
butions. 

“The  people  who  are  aiding  Hamp- 
ton Institute  are  doing  a really  great 
work  for  their  country.”—  Woodrow 
Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States 


“If  any  man  is  looking  for  a sure 
way  to  benefit  the  Negro  race,  let  him 
send  money  to  Hampton  Institute. 
He  will  surely  get  there  a large  return 
in  beneficence.”  —Charles  W.  Eliot, 
ex-President  of  Harvard  University. 


Hampton  needs  substantial  gifts, 
legacies,  and  endowments  to  carry 
its  work  forward  and  to  insure  its 
permanency. 

We  ask  your  gifts,  either  during 
life  or  by  will,  for  one  of  the  purposes 
specified  below.  If  no  restriction  is 
placed  upon  a gift,  it  will  be  expended 
for  current  needs  or  held  for  en- 
dowment as  shall  seem  best  to  the 
Trustees.  Endowments  are  safely  in- 
vested and  only  the  income  expended. 

When  desired  the  giver  may  direct 
that  the  gift  or  the  income  therefrom 
be  used  for  some  special  purpose  as 
a memorial  or  otherwise. 


The  following  are  suggested  as  some 
of  the  purposes  which  may  be  prop- 
erly specified:— 

SPECIFIED  GIFTS 

For  the  general  purposes  of  the  school 
For  the  Endowment  Fund  of  the  school 

For  the  endowment  of  one  or  more 
scholarships 

An  endowed  scholarship  is  $2500. 
For  the  Permanent  Improvement  Fund 

This  fund  has  been  drawn  upon 
in  the  past  to  provide  for  urgent 
needs  as  they  arise,  such  as  ad- 
ditional buildings,  extension  of 
steam  trenches,  installation  of 
a cold-storage  plant,  etc.  More 
dwelling  houses  for  the  workers 
and  their  families  are  always 
needed. 


For  the  endowment  of  the  salaries  of 
one  or  more  teachers 

The  salaries  of  the  teachers  range 
from  $800  up,  of  which  $300  is  in 
board.  An  endowment  for  this 
purpose  should  be  a sum  suffi- 
cient to  produce,  at  4 per  cent,  the 
desired  salary. 

For  the  Retirement  Fund 

Salaries  at  Hampton  have  always 
been  small.  Many  of  its  workers 
have  spent  from  twenty  to  thirty 
years,  and  more,  in  its  service. 
The  demands  made  upon  this  fund 
in  the  future  are  likely  to  in- 
crease. It  has  been  necessary  to 
draw  on  current  funds  to  satisfy 
present  needs.  We  would  empha- 
size the  importance  of  an  enlarged 
Retirement  Fund  to  meet  this 
obligation. 


For  Extension  Work 

Hampton’s  mission  is  to  spread 
sound  ideas  of  agriculture,  teach- 
ing, home-making,  and  sanitation, 
to  assist  communities  in  securing 
“better  homes,  better  health,  bet- 
ter farms,  and  better  schools.” 
Money  is  needed  in  order  to  sup- 
port its  efforts  to  maintain  and 
further  this  work.  A larger  fund 
would  enable  Hampton  to  put 
more  farm-demonstration  agents 
and  supervising  teachers  in  the 
field;  to  provide  more  teachers 
of  canning  for  the  communities 
of  the  South  and  thus  reach  more 
homes;  and  to  aid  more  teach- 
ers with  helpful  reading. 


Gifts  by  will  should  be  in  the  form 
prescribed  by  law.  The  corporate 
title  to  be  used,  is:  “The  Trustees 

of  the  Hampton  Normal  and  Agricul- 
tural Institute,  Hampton,  Virginia.” 

FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

1 give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees 
of  the  Hampton  Normal  and  Agricul- 
tural Institute,  Hampton,  Virginia,  the 
sum  of  ...  . dollars  to  be  used  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Institute.  ( If  desired, 
mention  some  specific  purpose. ) 

All  inquiries  and  communications 
with  any  member  of  the  Investment 
Committee  or  with  the  Principal  con- 
cerning possible  legacies  will  be 
treated  as  strictly  confidential. 


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